Barbed wire



(N0 Mod'eL) J. HAISH.

BARBED WIRE. No. 356,762. Patented Feb. 1, 1887;

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JACOB HAISH, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

BARBED WIRE.

SPEOIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 6,7 62, dated February 1, 1857.

Application filed March 22, 1836. Serial No. 196,079. (No model.)

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Be it known ihat I, JACOB IIAISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have in rented certain new and useful Improvements in dire Fences, which I desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, and of which the following is a specification.

The great problem in constructing wire fences has been to so form and attach the barb to the wire that it shall not be likely either to turn thereon or to be pushed lengthwise thereof.

l ly invention consists in so shaping the barb and the fence-Wire that both of these more nients shall be practically impossible, at the same time preserving a simple and cconon1ical form of both barb and wire. This I attain by the use of a toothed barbed wire, the teeth of the barbed Wire engaging with the longitudinal wire to keep the barb in place.

In the drawings annexed hereto and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a barb of the general form referred to attached to a corrugated wire. Figs. 2 and 3 show herbs with toothed inner surfaces attnched, respectively, to a double and single strand longitudinal wire.

The barb A, Fig. 1, has, as shown, two full close coils, o a, about the longitudinal wire B, the coils a a being separated from each other by a. short space. The two close coils give a firm grip to the oarhwire, and are far enough apart to afford a broad bearing for the latter upon the longitudinal wire, While at the same time the ports are entirely open, and collection of moisture isavoided. The teeth which I propose to use on the inner surface of the herb are shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the barb-wire being made of half-round or flat metal, and a fiat surface thereof being provided with the teeth. These teeth, i'orrned transversely of the barbwire, serve not only to prevent the turning of the herb upon the longitudinal wire, but also keep it from slipping lengthwise thereof, the

ing the two coils having such an angle with the longitudinal Wire as to engage with its surface and prevent longitudinal slipping. If, however, it is desired to prevent turning only of the barb, the barb may be used with a single coil about. the longitudinal wire, as'shown in Fig. 2.

To further insure permanence in the position of the herb, I may use a oorrugzited longitudinal wire, as shown in Fig. 1. These corrugations will serve the double purpose of absolutely preventing longitudinal movement of the herb, and also to a. great degree of preventing the turning of the barb. They are made, as shown in Fig. 1, of a length about equal to or a little greater than the distance between the coils of the barb. I. have, then, in efi'ecta tube formed by the coils of the barb and the wire connecting them cl osely engaging a. bent portion or corrugation of the longitndi nal wire, and it is obvious that revolution of.

the barb upon the longitudinal wire will be utterly impossible.

The toothed barb, which forms the feature of my invention, may be used with equal advantage, however, upon a straight wire.

What I claim is- 1. In a wire fence, the combiuationof a longitudinal strand of wire with barb wrapped around the same, the face of the barb in contact with the longitudinal Wire being toothed, so as to engage therewith and prevent displacement of the herb.

2. A' barb for wire fence having two full close coils about the longitudinal wire thereof, said coils being placed a short distance apart, and the face of said barb-Wire in engagement with the longitudinal wire being transversely toothed, substantially as described and shown.

JACOB HAISH.

Witnesses:

M. H. Pnnnrs, E. L. HUBER. 

